Credit Valley Hospital is a regional hospital located in Mississauga, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. It primarily serves the communities of north Mississauga; the villages of Streetsville

Streetsville, Ontario

Streetsville is an established community located in the northwestern corner of the city of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on the Credit River...

, Meadowvale

Meadowvale, Ontario

Meadowvale is a community located in the northwestern part of Mississauga, just west of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was a village in Toronto Township...

, Erin Mills and the surrounding area. It was officially opened on November 5, 1985.

Services

The hospital provides services and covers areas of medicine including:

• Cardiac services
• Continuing care/rehabilitation
• Emergency
• General medicine
• Genetics
• Mental health
• Obstetrics
  Obstetrics
  Obstetrics is the medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy , childbirth and the postnatal period...
  
   and gynecology
  Gynaecology
  Gynaecology or gynecology is the medical practice dealing with the health of the female reproductive system . Literally, outside medicine, it means "the science of women"...
  
  
• Oncology
  Oncology
  Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with cancer...
  
  
• Paediatrics
  Pediatrics
  Pediatrics or paediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician or paediatrician...
  
  
• Renal dialysis
  Dialysis
  In medicine, dialysis is a process for removing waste and excess water from the blood, and is primarily used to provide an artificial replacement for lost kidney function in people with renal failure...
  
  
• Surgery

The hospital is equipped with a helipad

Helipad

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.

Expansion

The hospital has expanded to include a new cancer

Cancer

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 treatment centre (The Carlo Fidani Peel Regional Cancer Centre) and also a regional maternal child care program. The cancer centre serves a catchment area of 1.6 million people. In addition to chemotherapy, there are six linear accelerators (radiation treatment

Radiation therapy

Radiation therapy , radiation oncology, or radiotherapy , sometimes abbreviated to XRT or DXT, is the medical use of ionizing radiation, generally as part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells.Radiation therapy is commonly applied to the cancerous tumor because of its ability to control...

 machines).

Interesting notes

Throughout 1999 and 2000, the hospital delivered 44 sets of twins, and 1 set of triplets.

Bus Terminal

The Credit Valley Hospital Bus Terminal is located in western Mississauga, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada

Canada

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. It is situated on the northern side of the hospital..

The bus terminal contains bus shelters.

Bus routes

For the Mississauga site, bus service is exclusively by MiWay.

Route			Destination
29	Park Royal		Erin Mills Town Centre Erin Mills Town Centre Bus Terminal The Erin Mills Town Centre Bus Terminal is located in western Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is situated on the northeast end of Erin Mills Town Centre....  to Clarkson GO Station via South Common Centre South Common Centre Bus Terminal The South Common Centre Bus Terminal is located in western Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is situated on the western side of South Common Centre....  and Sheridan Centre Sheridan Centre Bus Terminal The Sheridan Centre Bus Terminal is located in southwestern Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is situated on the eastern side of Sheridan Centre.The terminal does not have a terminal building since it is a minor terminal...
29A			Erin Mills Town Centre to Meadow Wood Road via South Common Centre, Sheridan Centre and Clarkson GO Station
33	Erin Centre		loop around Erin Mills Town Centre
33A			Artesian Drive to Streetsville GO Station
34	Credit Valley		Square One Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal The City Centre Transit Terminal in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada is the main transit hub and bus station for Miway, the city's public transit system. The station is situated on the northwest corner of Square One Shopping Centre....  to Erin Mills Town Centre
48	Erin Mills		Meadowvale Town Centre Meadowvale Town Centre Bus Terminal The Meadowvale Town Centre Bus Terminal is the main, inter-regional transit hub for the community of Meadowvale located in northwestern Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is the third-largest terminal served by MiWay, the second-largest in Mississauga after City Centre Transit Terminal...  to South Common Centre via Erin Mills Town Centre

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